The province is negotiating exclusively with Resolute Forest Products Inc. to acquire most of the assets of the shuttered Bowater Mersey Paper Co. Ltd.
The deal would allow the Montreal company to make good on pensions for more than 500 former...

THE IDEA THAT NOVA SCOTIA’S POLITICIANS leave office with golden parachutes seldom rings true for those at the grassroots level.
Municipal councillors cannot collect employment insurance and most — if not all — do not get a...

OTTAWA — Conservative backbenchers don’t have much of a say when it comes to government legislation, but when it comes to the touchy subject of their pensions, it appears the prime minister has thrown them a bone.

Changes to pension plans for MPs and federal workers, further cuts to government spending and more controversy over the “Trojan horse" bill that critics say will deliver them are on the fall agenda as the latest sitting of Parliament gets...Read More

Some of Canada’s most severely injured veterans say they are still seeing their military pensions clawed back despite a court ruling that found the practice illegal and a decision by Ottawa not to appeal the ruling.Read More

WHY isn’t the gold standard good enough for MLA pensions?
That’s the question we’re left with after an independent review of MLA pensions recommended Nova Scotia politicians still be able to earn retirement income much faster...Read More

MLA pensions should be trimmed, but they should qualify for one after just two years in office under recommendations from a review panel.
The three-person panel, led by David Gruchy, a retired Nova Scotia Supreme Court justice, said pension...Read More